Robert Klein

A Meteor in Art History and Philosophy

Jérémie Koering, Alessandro Nova, Alina Payne

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English

Harvard University Press
02 August 2024

Theory of art; History of Art & Design Styles; European history

Series: I Tatti Research Series

Although Robert Klein (1918–1967), well known for his erudition and the originality of his research, was an important, even paradigmatic figure for the field of art history in the twentieth century, no sustained study has yet been dedicated to his work.

Klein undertook to rethink Renaissance art and its history from the Aristotelian notion of technYYYY as early as the 1950s, long before anyone was interested in this other genealogy of Renaissance art. For him, the Mannerist work is intended to create awe and wonder, inviting the viewer to question the technical process, a combination of intelligence and manual skill, that made it possible to realize in this specific form.

As his newly discovered papers and unpublished manuscripts testify, technYYYY and Mannerism are far from being Klein's only preoccupations. Other concepts have been studied with great originality by Klein, such as mnemonic art, paragone, dream, and responsibility.

This book, proceeding from a conference organized by Villa I Tatti, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence, and the Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA) in Paris, sheds light on Klein's investigations as well as on the intellectual journey of an important art historian and philosopher of the past century.

By: Jérémie Koering, Alessandro Nova, Alina Payne
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 171mm,
ISBN: 9780674294219
ISBN 10: 0674294211
Series: I Tatti Research Series
Pages: 350
Publication Date: 02 August 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jérémie Koering is Professor of Early Modern Art History at the University of Fribourg. Alessandro Nova is Director Emeritus of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence. Alina Payne is Paul E. Geier Director of Villa I Tatti and Alexander P. Misheff Professor of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University.